Senate Could Drop Confederate Flag from Seal (FL)

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By BRANDON LARRABEE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
September 30, 2015 - 10:30pm

... The Senate Rules Committee will meet Oct. 8 to begin re-examining the current emblem of the chamber. Under Senate rules, the seal includes "a fan of the five flags which have flown over Florida" --- those of the United States, Confederate States of America, France, Great Britain and Spain ...

While many Southerners view displays of the Confederate banner as recognition of their ancestors' military service and sacrifice, African-Americans and others see flying the flag as an endorsement of the brutal, slave-driven economy that was a central issue in the war ...

"The current Senate seal and coat of arms were first adopted in rule in 1973," Gardiner wrote. "Florida has certainly changed a great deal since the early seventies. Just as our state seal has been revised over time, I believe a periodic review of our legislative insignia would be beneficial."

In a separate letter to Rules Chairman David Simmons, Joyner called explicitly for "the removal of the Confederate flag from the official Senate seal" ...

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/senate-could-drop-confederate-flag-seal

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1. How about a Seminole flag?

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2. There seem to have been dozens of distinct tribes in Florida once. It would certainly be

courteous to ask the Miccosukee and Seminole, and perhaps a number of others as well, what they think would be appropriate on the seal